This is a rare opportunity for a personalized one-hour tour of the Honolulu Museum of Art with Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Tyler Cann and Curator of European and American Art Alejandra Rojas Silva. This is for eight to 10 people.

Tyler Cann and Alejandra Rojas Silva, Assets parents, moved to Hawai'i in August 2022 to take positions at the Honolulu Museum of Art.

Cann leads the museum's modern and contemporary art program through innovative exhibitions and acquisitions that reflect the unique geographical position and cultural makeup in Hawaii.

Rojas Silva works on increasing the visibility to HoMA's extensive collection of more than 15,000 European and American works on paper and its 1,500 photographs.

Cann joins HoMA from the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) in Ohio, where he served most recently as acting chief curator, director of exhibitions and Pizzuti family curator of contemporary art. Throughout his nine-year tenure, Cann was responsible for 30 exhibitions as well as the reinstallation of nearly the entire permanent collection, including Queer/Modern, a unique installation focused on pre-Stonewall queer histories. He became recognized for his cross-departmental leadership in creating thoughtful and inclusive group exhibitions, including In__We Trust: Art and Money and A Measure of Humanity. Cann was also a co-curator of the highly acclaimed Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989, earning a 2020 Curatorial Award for Excellence from the American Association of Museum Curators.

Prior to the Columbus Museum of Art, Cann served as curator of Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England and spent seven years in Aotearoa New Zealand as a curator at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Originally from Los Angeles, Cann holds a master's degree and is a doctoral candidate in the department of art and architecture at Harvard University. He received a bachelor's degree in history of art from the University of California, Berkeley.

Rojas Silva most recently served as Assistant Professor of Art History at Ohio Wesleyan University, teaching subjects from the Ancient Americas to global contemporary art. Her scholarship centers on identity formation in colonial and post-colonial contexts, and her book project, Flora Incognita, examines the intersection of art and science in early colonial botanical manuscripts. She has curated several exhibitions including the Re-inauguration of the Permanent Collection at the Museo Arqueologico de Bogota and Alberto Baraya: An Exhibition to New Zealand. She holds a doctorate in the history of art and architecture from Harvard University and a Masters of Studies, focusing on photography, from the University of Oxford.

The winning bidder will receive a certificate. The winner agrees to allow Assets School to connect them with the donor via email to claim this item.

Details:

Valid until 04/01/2026

Eight to 10 people for the tour

One month's notice to reserve the tour is advised.

The tour can be done Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday between 10 a.m.-6 p.m., or Friday between 10 a.m.-9 p.m..